Guild Wars 2

Does this bother anybody else as much as it does me? It’s so jarring and really messes with the flow of combat. The most common frustration occurs when I try to weapon swap (or Ether signet) after summoning a phantasm. The swap won’t occur because I’m stuck in the animation for the Signet proc. Often times I don’t even realize right away.

It’s easy to deal with on the opener when you know the CD is up, but over the course of the fight it’s quite the nuisance. I feel like these kind of things should really be off the GCD. Am I alone here?

Yes. Also I feel it’s way too unreliable for boon sharing, the CD is relatively long and given Phants are core to almost everything a Mesmer does you can’t really hold back your Phants for it.

@Embolism I think the OP refers to the “delay before you can cast something else” you get when the trait casts the sign -not whether it actually launches/works or not, which in my experience is not an issue.

When you cast a phantasm and the trait procs, you have to wait until the sign has been cast before launching your next action.

And as Celeras I find it especially painful with weapon swap : you cast a phantasm, switch weapons and immediately cast something. Except… you have not switched weapon because of the “delay”.

Typical for me: I cast the phantasm of my sword/X, mean to switch to greatsword and e.g. hit the 2 greatsword … except I end up casting the 2 sword because I haven’t actually switched weapons -despite hitting that key.

Really messes up the flow during fights.

I know what he’s talking about, I’m raising extra grievances against the trait.

I stopped using it due to the delay. Same goes for lame sword delay from skill 3.

I’ve just gotten used to it so the trait is still effective for me, though highly annoying and fully support a change to make it less clunky.

Yes, I refuse to use this trait as well because it really messes with the flow of combat. I don’t know if it is bugged or not, but it could use a fix.

I only use it when I’m still in inspiration ankitten ot using an glamours. Then, I’m using it more for the distortion than the boon sharing.

Yep, I specifically avoid this trait because of how it screws with skill queuing and such.

I think Mender’s Purity sometimes has this problem as well.

Yep, the signet cast is extremely annoying… I love the functionality but it’s just too clumsy to use, IMHO. Also, shares the same problem with all the “ICD” traits: you don’t know when the effect is ready.

Menaka.5092:

Yep, the signet cast is extremely annoying… I love the functionality but it’s just too clumsy to use, IMHO. Also, shares the same problem with all the “ICD” traits: you don’t know when the effect is ready.

OMG you put that website in your signature!?!

Yeah I also agree with Pyro/Menaka/Ross Biddle/Chaos delete where appropriate.

I am glad it’s not just me

As much as I love the extra support I feel it brings to the group (even if somewhat random for longer fights), I may just have to give it up out of frustration.

Yup, this trait aswell the condi cleanse on heal skill trait will interrupt your cast chain unless you proc the trait with an instant cast skill (like heal mantra). Since there is no insta cast phantasm (except for avenger) this trait will |= (_) ( |< you up badly…

It is definitely equally as annoying with Mender’s Purity, but at least then you know with 100% consistency when it is going to occur and play around it (aka mash your next phantasm after signet of ether lol).

This seems to be fixed in BWE3 I think? Not that old of a post so just wanted to bump and confirm.